“Luna—” Dirks said behind me, stepping forward, but I couldn’t look away.
Jeremy was here.
“H-How?”
Jeremy was already dropping down to his knees in front of me, catching me before I could hit the ground.
“I missed you too, honey,” he murmured, arms wrapping around me, holding my upper body straight.
He helped me to my feet slowly, and I clung to his jacket, unsure if I was dreaming or if the earth had finally tilted back into place.
Behind me, I heard the disbelief in Dirks’s voice.
“How is right,” he said, stepping closer, eyes locked on Jeremy. “What the fuck is going on?”
Jeremy laughed. “Come on, Dirks. Get in here, you big ole softie. I missed you, too.”
Dirks hesitated for half a breath, enough time for Jeremy to reach out, still keeping one arm around me, and yanking him into a one-armed hug.
Jeremy pulled back, and before I could fully process the chaos of it all, Dirks wrapped both arms around me from behind, pulling me against his chest.
Jeremy smirked at the gesture as he shouldered past us and stepped into the house. “I followed you home from a game. You need better security.”
I blinked. “The fuck?”
Jeremy’s lips twitched. “I’m not the big bad wolf here.”
“Jer,” I snapped. “You show up in the middle of the goddamn night because youstalkedDirks here from a game. Afteryearsof nothing. What the actual fuck?”
Dirks let out a low breath behind me and stepped slightly back, his hands still lingering on my hips. “I’ll give you two a minute,” he murmured. “You guys have a lot of... history to unpack.”
The silence that followed landed like a slap.
Jeremy stilled, flicking his gaze to Dirks before it fell back to me. “You fucking told him?”
I stepped forward instinctively. “It wasn’t like that.”
Jeremy barked a humorless laugh. “No? Thenhowwas it?”
“Jeremy—”
“I never said a damn word, Luna. Not to anyone. But I guess that didn’t mean shit to you, did it?”
“Itmeant everything,” I whispered.
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I was hyperventilating on the inside because the secret I’d kept for fucking years, the majority of my damned life, was just spilled so clearly in front of me.
I walked past her, straight up to Dirks. “You fucking happy, man? One look at your face and I can tell. You got everything. You got her to move back here. Her heart. You win. It was never about the three of us together, was it? It was always you wanting?—”
“Shut the fuck up,” Dirks growled.
“Shewasn’t supposed to tell you. That wasours.That was sacred.”
Luna stepped between us. “Jeremy?—”
